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1. FC Heidenheim 1846 crest
Heidenheim
2. Bundesliga
11:00
UTC, Saturday 24 October 2026
Energie Cottbus crest
Cottbus

Heidenheim vs Cottbus: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

1. FC Heidenheim 1846 host Energie Cottbus at Voith-Arena on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 11:00 UTC, in the 2. Bundesliga (round 9). Prediction markets make Heidenheim the favourite at 55%, with the draw at 21% (Polymarket). Heidenheim have had 7 days of rest since playing Wolfsburg (2. Bundesliga); Cottbus have had 7 after facing 1. FC Nürnberg and travel about 455 km. Heidenheim are without 1 player (Sirlord Conteh); Cottbus are missing 3 (Axel Borgmann, Erik Engelhardt, Julian Guttau). Patrick Schwengers is the referee, averaging 4.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7. The forecast at kick-off is 9°C, dry.

Win chances

Heidenheim 55%Draw 21%Cottbus 24%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Heidenheim 4-2-2-2

Coach: Frank Schmidt

  1. 33 Thomas Dähne GK
  2. 22 Oualid Mhamdi DEF
  3. 6 Patrick Mainka DEF
  4. 19 Jonas Föhrenbach DEF
  5. 27 Michael Heule DEF
  6. 3 Jan Schöppner MID
  7. 16 Julian Niehues MID
  8. 8 Paul Hennrich MID
  9. 10 Christian Conteh MID
  10. 29 Mikkel Kaufmann FWD
  11. 18 Alessandro Vogt FWD

Bench

  • 1 Frank Feller GK
  • 28 Adam Kölle DEF
  • 4 Tim Siersleben DEF
  • 20 Luca Kerber MID
  • 41 Marko Zrilic MID
  • 38 Yannik Wagner MID
  • 24 Marcel Costly FWD
  • 17 Mathias Honsak FWD

Cottbus 4-2-3-1

Coach: Claus-Dieter Wollitz

  1. 1 Marcel Lotka GK
  2. 3 Henry Rorig DEF
  3. 2 King Manu DEF
  4. 21 Luca Erlein DEF
  5. 25 Leon Guwara DEF
  6. 32 Leonardo Bittencourt MID
  7. 8 Lukas Michelbrink MID
  8. 10 Tolcay Ciğerci MID
  9. 9 Lucas Copado FWD
  10. 11 Moritz Hannemann FWD
  11. 31 Justin Butler FWD

Bench

  • 29 Kevin Kratzsch GK
  • 23 Fousseny Doumbia DEF
  • 16 Ryan Malone DEF
  • 4 Tim Campulka DEF
  • 5 Dominik Pelivan MID
  • 19 Jannis Boziaris MID
  • 6 Jonas Hofmann MID
  • 7 Christian Kinsombi FWD
  • 13 Dmytro Bogdanov FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Heidenheim

  • Sirlord Conteh injury, back Doubtful

Cottbus

  • Axel Borgmann injury, back Early November 2026
  • Erik Engelhardt injury, back Doubtful
  • Julian Guttau injury, back Doubtful